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The Fleet Status site is:
https://sites.google.com/site/unitedfleetsite/

At the site, you can find information about the interior features, livery, etc., for every plane in United's fleet.

United Airlines Equipment (Aircraft) Codes- code refers to type and configuration but not IFE:

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73R/S - B737-700 Slimline (Copa/Former GUM) (12/36/78 Slimline)
73G - B737-700 Slimline (12/36/78 config)
73Y - B737-800 Slimline Config (16/54/96 config)
73U - B737-800 Guam Slimline Configuration (16/42/108 config)
73Q - B737-800 Slimline (16/54/96) with SFP (a/c 3519 and above 16/48/102) 3528 and up Sky Interior, 3532 and up Sky bins
73C - B737-900 Slimline (20/42/117 config)
73L - B737-900ER Slimline Config (3413-3442 & 3479: 20/42/117), (3443-3478: 20/39/120) (3479 Sky Interior and Space bins)
37E - B737-MAX8 Slimline 16/54/96): Sky Interior and Space bins
37X - B737-MAX9 Slimline 20/48/111…Sky Interior and Space bins
75B - B757-200 Int'l Config (16/45/108)
75S - B757-200 Int'l Config Slimline (16/42/118)
75B - B757-200 Int'l Config (16/45/108)
75E - B757-300 Slimline (24/57/156 config)
76S - B767-400ER (39/70/131 with Y crew mod)
76U - B767-400ER Polaris/PP (34J/24PP/48E+/125Y)
78H - B787-8 Polaris/PP (28J/21PP/38E+/158Y)
78P - B787-9 Polaris/PP (48J/21PP/39E+/149Y)
77E - B777-200ER Polaris/PP (50J/24PP/46E+/156Y)

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19F - A319 version 1 (12/36/78 config)
19G - A319 version 2 (12/36/78 config) (ex-CZ frames, different lavs)
20S - A320 version 1 (12/42/96 config)
20C - A320 version 2 (ex-CZ frames) (12/42/96 config), different lavs
21N - 321neo (20/57/123 config)
37K - B737-900ER (20/39/120 a/c 3801-3810 ) (20/42/117 a/c 3811-3894 Sky - a/c 3895-3899 Space Bins
76L - B767-300ER Polaris/PP (46J/22PP/43E+/56Y config)
76Q - B767-300ER Polaris/PP (30J/24PP/36E+/113Y config)
77G/M - B777-200 Domestic (Versions 3 & 4 / 28F/102E+/234Y config)
77O - B777-200ER Domestic Version 32F/124E+/206Y config.
77U/N - B777-200ER Polaris/PP (50J/24PP/46E+/156Y)
77X - B777-300ER Polaris/PP (60J/24PP/62E+/204Y)
78J(78X) - B787-10 Polaris/PP 44J/21PP/45E+/199Y config)

Here's what each of the facilities do historically:
Domestic Contract:
LCQ, Airbus heavy/medium maint, Airbus Inductions and mods, 319/320 reconfiguration, 763 paint
MIA, reconfiguration and maintenance, all except 787/777
BQN/BFM, Airbus maintenance
SAL Airbus and 763 Maint
SAT 757 maint/reconfiguration, some 763 maintenance
INT, 737 & 757 maint.
TPA, 737 heavy maint, contract, but UA building own hanger
RFD, 737 heavy maintenance
GYR, 737 maint, occasionally used for paint.
ILN/GSO 752/753 maint. occasional 763 maint.
Domestic In House:
SFO, Airbus D checks, heavy 772 maint, 737NG C checks, other maint.
MCO, 737/757 maintenance, some mods.
IAH, light maint, some mods
SEA, 737, 787 delivery induction
PDX/LAX, 737 delivery Induction
DEN, IAD, 787 new delivery induction
Paint Facilities
Active: AMA, VCV, FTW, CWF
International Contract:
HKG, heavy widebody maint and reconf (also heavy GUM 737 maint); 763/772GE Polaris mods
XMN 772PW Polaris mods, 787 mod, 777/787 heavy maint
PVG, 788 modifications/WiFi, GUM 737 maint
SIN 787 Maint

Services ended at:
MCN, PEK, SKF, VQQ, DLH

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Apr 10, 2025 | 12:19 pm

#196

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Wonder if United will pause/defer their Airbus deliveries in order to not pay tariffs, similar to what Delta is doing.

Would be a good question to ask during the earnings call next week.

Apr 10, 2025 | 12:36 pm

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Infinite1K

Wonder if United will pause/defer their Airbus deliveries in order to not pay tariffs, similar to what Delta is doing.

Would be a good question to ask during the earnings call next week.

Good question, I've been wondering myself. United just took delivery of N14528, an A321neo out of Hamburg. '4542, '4543, and '4544 are currently scheduled to come out of Toulouse. The rest of the A321neos that I see scheduled come out of Mobile, AL. Even so, a lot of components (and even the airframes I think) come out of Europe.

Apr 10, 2025 | 6:06 pm

#198

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Originally Posted by alanjed

And then there are the XLRs.

Apr 11, 2025 | 11:33 am

#199

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I suspect the answer on what happens here lies in OMNI land, as well as some understanding of when cash actually changes hands for orders, how / when tariffs get assessed, etc. etc. Selfishly, though, I hope it does not impact UA getting the 321XLRs. The 757 is a great bird, but UA’s are very long in the tooth and susceptible to all sorts of random maintenance issues.

Apr 13, 2025 | 12:55 am

#200

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Not just Airbus that would be affected… And tariffs are applied when the product is imported, not when the contract has been signed. I’m dealing with this mess right now…

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Apr 13, 2025 | 12:57 pm

#201

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Dyce

Not just Airbus that would be affected… And tariffs are applied when the product is imported, not when the contract has been signed. I’m dealing with this mess right now…

What happens if an aircraft is leased? Does the tariff apply to a lease?

Apr 13, 2025 | 3:20 pm

#202

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Infinite1K

Wonder if United will pause/defer their Airbus deliveries in order to not pay tariffs, similar to what Delta is doing.

Would be a good question to ask during the earnings call next week.

There is an article on View From the Wing, dated 4/3/2025, stating that Kirby praises the tariff efforts. Anyone else see this article?

Apr 13, 2025 | 3:56 pm

#203

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Originally Posted by CLTRob

There is an article on View From the Wing, dated 4/3/2025, stating that Kirby praises the tariff efforts. Anyone else see this article?

I think that a number of people view this as sucking up so that they do not face opposition to a future Jetblue acquisition

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Apr 13, 2025 | 4:08 pm

#204

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Originally Posted by angetenar

I think that a number of people view this as sucking up so that they do not face opposition to a future Jetblue acquisition

That would definitely give them, UAL, Airbus aircraft and pilots, along with Boston.

Apr 15, 2025 | 4:02 am

#205

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Obviously subject to OMNI topics and fluidity in the situation was general, but China is halting all Boeing deliveries. Maybe helps UA move up in the order line?

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Apr 15, 2025 | 10:13 am

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Quote:

Originally Posted by PsiFighter37

Obviously subject to OMNI topics and fluidity in the situation was general, but China is halting all Boeing deliveries. Maybe helps UA move up in the order line?

If they really wanted to they could potentially get their hands on a few more NTU MAX frames like they did 2 years back. Although these would require extensive modifications to get them to UA Standards

Apr 15, 2025 | 10:20 am

#207

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Quote:

Originally Posted by PsiFighter37

Obviously subject to OMNI topics and fluidity in the situation was general, but China is halting all Boeing deliveries. Maybe helps UA move up in the order line?

The frames that United might be interested in speeding up would be MAX-10, but that has other issues not related to China not wanting to take deliveries.

Other than that I wasn’t aware that United was “behind” on deliveries. And given the slow down in travel, wouldn’t think they would be in a rush either.

Apr 15, 2025 | 1:11 pm

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Quote:

Originally Posted by ContinentalFan

What happens if an aircraft is leased? Does the tariff apply to a lease?

well, a couple of angles to look at this. First question would be where is the leasing company based and thus what tariffs would be applicable.

It also would not answer the issue of Boeing having to import those parts in the first place before being able to sell the assembled plane!

Then the question becomes would the plane be subject to import tariffs if based in the US even if leased by a foreign leasing company.

Ultimately the leasing question would not absolve Boeing of the parts import tariffs issue, thus I think it’s a moot point… my guess is that over the next few days/weeks/months the administration will receive more & more pressure for exemptions once the full scale of the impact of the 10% global tariff takes effect (across multiple industries).

And remember this is global parts for the 787… I expect 737’s have similar global supply chains and to be able to switch vendors, and receive the appropriate certifications would take months, if not years… and even if sourced elsewhere would STILL be subject to the global 10% tariff (at time of writing).

Of course the Chinese ban on US planes and parts also affects production of the Chinese COMAC frames… it really is a game of who blinks first…

Regardless of whether the long term effects of tariffs is a good or bad thing (trying to keep away from the political discussion!), the effect of the global 10% tariff has immediate effects even if we can’t initially see them today. As for United, it might temporarily help with the advance delivery of some frames using existing inventory, but long term it has to have an effect (until/unless exceptions are made). Of course Airbus has an assembly line in China so I can’t imagine how it doesn’t help them (in the Chinese market).

Will be really interesting to see how Kirby walks the tightrope tomorrow! Four empty seats in Polaris on my flight back from the UK recently… First time i’ve seen an empty Polaris seat since the pandemic…

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Last edited by Dyce; Apr 15, 2025 at 1:41 pm

Apr 15, 2025 | 2:16 pm

#209

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Dyce

Four empty seats in Polaris on my flight back from the UK recently… First time i’ve seen an empty Polaris seat since the pandemic…

Well, my flight FRA-IAH was 100% full on Saturday - in all cabins. But to your point, I was seeing tons of PZ space to/from LHR and none to/from FRA until right before the flight, when it PZ1 (and PN1).

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Apr 15, 2025 | 4:49 pm

#210

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The updated fleet plan (15 April) shows no change / no acceleration (yet) from the January plan, so the 20 mentioned retirements at the Morgan conference were not new, but previousily baked in

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Originally Posted by WineCountryUA

Above I was focusing on the speculation for more / faster AirBus retirements discussed in this thread.

It does appear the pull-up in MAX deliverers into Q2/Q3 but exiting Q4 with the same MAX numbers (+1) and 1 less 787

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